An Australian NFL punter's impressive kick has sparked discussion about the influence of Australian punting techniques on American football.
One of Australia ’s leading NFL punters has got American commentators talking with an impressive kick this week. There are five Australia n-raised punters in the NFL — San Francisco 49ers Mitch Wishnowsky, Seattle Seahawks’ Michael Dickson, Chicago Bears’ Tory Taylor and Pittsburgh Steelers’ Cameron Johnston. Watch an average of 6 games each week during the regular season, plus every game of the NFL Postseason including the Super Bowl, LIVE on ESPN with Kayo.
New to Kayo?Dickson has been with the Seahawks since 2018 and while Seattle may have lost 30-13 to the Green Bay Packers, the 28-year-old from Sydney impressed. Early in the fourth quarter, Dickson unleashed a bomb of a punt that travelled a good 60 yards and proved too hot to handle for Green Bay’s Jayden Kevon Reed, who dropped the ball.NFL commentator Cris Collinsworth said on the call: “That was one of those sort of Australian kicks. “You sort of swing across your body with that kick and it’s got that wild spin on it that you just don’t see that often. “Let’s look at how he makes this kick. Dickson is going to wrap around the ball almost like a corner kick in soccer, and the spin just too much on the backside for Reed.”But many Australian sports fans weren’t exactly blown away, pointing out Dickson’s punt was a classic wobbly drop punt seen frequently in NRL and AFL games, with many saying the frenzy around Aussie punters could be put down to the lack of kicking involved in many American sports.One fan wrote on X: “Let’s hold off introducing the seppo’s to the mongrel punt, they ain’t ready for it.”A third said: “Australian: (Deliberately miskicks a torpedo). Americans: We have no idea what’s happening and you have permanently changed our national sport.” The sportsindustry account on X shared the clip of Dickson’s punt, adding: “5 Australian punters in NFL teams, 61 in College teams this year. By all reports changing the way the game is playe
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